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[brynndragon]

From the you-can-never-have-too-much-good-news department:

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, Rummy

Comments

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I know someone who was forced to commit that kind of fraud because the state election commission screwed up hir voter registration.

[greyhame.livejournal.com]

Isn't one entitled to a provisional ballot in cases like that?

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Zir voter registration is misspelled. I'm not sure that a provisional ballot will do zir much good. It's easier to fix it in post anyway.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Huh? A provisional ballot is exactly what that situation is for. What "fraud" was this person forced to commit?

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Voting under their registered name.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

That's not fraud.

If my name is misspelled on the precinct lists and I notice it but am not challenged to produce ID, or I can manage to convince the precinct official that it is a misspelling, then I can fix it at City Hall at my convenience.

If I am challenged and they will not let me vote, I should be given a provisional ballot and then go to City Hall to get it fixed and get my ballot counted. (Depending on the procedure--I may have to go to City Hall to get the provisional ballot and get my registration fixed.)

If I have changed my name to Mxyzptlk(click)t'gluk-MoombaMoomba(click)terWOW!(squiggle) and the registration still has my old name, but I have valid ID under my old name, I can go to City Hall and fix it at my convenience.

If I have changed my name to Mxyzptlk(click)t'gluk-MoombaMoomba(click)terWOW!(squiggle) and the registration still has my old name, and I am challenged but cannot produce ID with my old name, then I am an idiot for not notifying the city of my name change. I might be given a provisional ballot and then go to City Hall to get it fixed and get my ballot counted or I might have missed my chance because name changes need to be recorded n days before the election.

In none of these cases am I attempting to be fraudulent. I may be guilty of other regulations or terminal stupidity, however.

Now, If I fly out to my brother's precinct and try to claim that my name is really his and manage to convince the precinct official or produce a piece of his identification that I boosted from his house or identification that I have docotred and then vote using his name, then I have committed fraud.